Redox

About: Redox is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 26853 publications have been published within this topic receiving 862368 citations. The topic is also known as: reduction-oxidation & reduction-oxidation reaction.

Influence of the preparation method on the activity of copper-manganese oxides for toluene total oxidation

Abstract: Copper manganese oxides were prepared either by a co-precipitation method using metal nitrates as precursors, tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) as precipitant or by a redox-precipitation method using manganese acetate and copper nitrate as precursors, permanganate of potassium as oxidant. Copper manganese oxides synthesized by the redox method and calcined at 300 °C were also doped with Pt and Pd (0.5 wt%). The materials were characterized by ICP-OES, X-ray powder diffraction, N2 adsorption/desorption analysis, temperature-programmed reduction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry. The catalyst properties were assessed in total oxidation of toluene and compared with those of the corresponding single oxides and of a commercial Hopcalite catalyst. Copper manganese oxides were proved to be more active than the single oxides whatever the method of preparation used. CuMnOx prepared via redox method were more active than the catalyst prepared by co-precipitation and compared favorably with the commercial Hopcalite. The overall characterization results revealed that the redox method can ensure a good dispersion of copper in close interaction with manganese preserving more active sites at the outermost layers of the catalyst in comparison with the catalyst obtained via co-precipitation. However all the catalysts deactivate to some extent at the earlier stages of the reaction before to reach a steady-state. For redox catalysts calcined at 300 °C, although the dispersion of trace amount of noble metals does not ensure a better activity, adding Pt allows to get a better resistance to deactivation. Additionally it is to be noticeable that the catalyst using redox-precipitation method calcined at 200 °C outperforms the commercial hopcalite overtime on stream.

Anthraquinone Derivatives in Aqueous Flow Batteries

Abstract: Anthraquinone derivatives are being considered for large scale energy storage applications because of their chemical tunability and rapid redox kinetics. The authors investigate four anthraquinone derivatives as negative electrolyte candidates for an aqueous quinone-bromide redox flow battery: anthraquinone-2-sulfonic acid (AQS), 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone-2,7-disulfonic acid (DHAQDS), alizarin red S (ARS), and 1,4-dihydroxyanthraquinone-2,3-dimethylsulfonic acid (DHAQDMS). The standard reduction potentials are all lower than that of anthraquinone-2,7-disulfonic acid (AQDS), the molecule used in previous quinone-bromide batteries. DHAQDS and ARS undergo irreversible reactions on contact with bromine, which precludes their use against bromine but not necessarily against other electrolytes. DHAQDMS is apparently unreactive with bromine but cannot be reversibly reduced, whereas AQS is stable against bromine and stable upon reduction. The authors demonstrate an AQS-bromide flow cell with higher open circuit potential and peak galvanic power density than the equivalent AQDS-bromide cell. This study demonstrates the use of chemical synthesis to tailor organic molecules for improving flow battery performance.

Electron‐transfer coupling in microbial fuel cells. 2. performance of fuel cells containing selected microorganism—mediator—substrate combinations

Abstract: Various phenoxazine, phenothiazine, phenazine, indophenol and bipyridilium derivatives were tested for their effectiveness as redox mediators in microbial fuel cells containing Alcaligenes eutrophus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, or Proteus vulgaris as the active biological agent, and glucose or succinate as the oxidisable substrate. A ferricyanide-Pt cathode was used. The open-circuit cell e.m.f.′s increased in the order of increasing negative formal redox potentials at pH 7(E7m) of the redox compounds. Several of the redox agents worked well as mediators, maintaining steady currents over several hours, and thionine was found to be particularly effective in maintaining relatively high cell voltages when current was drawn from the cell. A number of the compounds tested did not function well, either because they were incompletely or slowly reduced by the microorganisms or because of their instability. P. vulgaris, with thionine as mediator and glucose as substrate, showed the best performance in a fuel cell. This system was examined in some detail under various conditions of external load to establish the effects of organism concentration, mediator concentration, and substrate addition. Coulombic outputs from these cells were calculated by integration of the current-time plots. Coulombic yields of 30–60% were obtained, on the basis of (theoretical) complete oxidation of added substrate to CO2 and water.